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i was reading about my personality type (INFJ) and found some interesting facts... it's the rarest type, only 1-2% of the population is INFJ. but i thought maybe this forum might have a higher proportion, because of a couple of points in the personality description:

- INFJs' intuition borders on the paranormal. Further, they experience ESP, telepathy, visions, etc. more than any other personality type- prophets and seers are apt to be INFJs

so what's your personality type? do you think the description fits you? you can do an internet search and pull up a lot of info on the personality types.

--------------------Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot. - Niel Gaiman

I'm looking over my notes on the Ganzfeld experiments, which have shown a high probability for telepathy (see my post here). What the Ganzfeld experiments have shown is that the ENFP type is the most likely to "pick up on" telepathy. Extraverts, it's hypothesized, get bored more quickly when looking inside, so they're more likely to pick up on outside transmissions than introverts. The most important things to have, though, are the Feeling and Perceiving qualities, rather than Thinking and Judging. Having previous experience with psi, mental discipline, and the FP personality account for up to 64% of telepathic individuals. But they're not talking about that online test, they mean the actual Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Everytime I take that online test I get a different answer. And we must remember that Carl Jung, who came up with the personality characteristics in the first place, on which the test is based, said that you can't truly classify an individual until about 20 years after s/he's died. -m

--------------------(the above was deciphered from phi (~1.62) using an advanced alphanumeric conversion algorhythm and should not be perceived as meaningful.)

--------------------To call humans 'rational beings' does injustice to the term, 'rational.' Humans are capable of rational thought, but it is not their essence. Humans are animals, beasts with complex brains. Humans, more often than not, utilize their cerebrum to rationalize what their primal instincts, their preconceived notions, and their emotional desires have presented as goals - humans are rationalizing beings.

I just took the online test that there's a link to on your description page. I'm one of the idealists(NF). 8-10% of the population. I don't have the money to check which specific kind I am. However I do know that I'm a highly introverted personality type(i guess that makes me an INF(?)). I don't think I'd pay for the service anyway

Does anyone know the difference between an INFJ and INFP

--------------------Without everything wouldn't nothing be everything and without nothing wouldn't everything be nothing.I am the beginning and the end,the source and the void, the light and the darkness,i am but a small drop of the ocean yet i am an ocean unto myself

--------------------To call humans 'rational beings' does injustice to the term, 'rational.' Humans are capable of rational thought, but it is not their essence. Humans are animals, beasts with complex brains. Humans, more often than not, utilize their cerebrum to rationalize what their primal instincts, their preconceived notions, and their emotional desires have presented as goals - humans are rationalizing beings.

That whole personality thing is boring. I used Evolving's link, answered the first 32 questions and then decided this sucks and anyone who is really willing to answer 72 silly questions must have a rather boring personality, anyway. So I first abandoned the test, but ten minutes later became nervous and finished it anyway (I'm wondering what that means for my personality). Then I didn't even bother to read both texts about INFP.

"Hi, f8L. Your personality type is RTFM. Some of your aspirations tend to be pretty unrealistic. At times you are extroverted, affable, sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary and reserved. You have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others. You pride yourself on being an independent thinker and do not accept others' opinions without satisfactory proof. You prefer a certain amount of change and variety, and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing. Disciplined and controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside.

Your sexual adjustment has presented some problems for you. While you have some personality weaknesses, you are generally able to compensate for them. You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not turned to your advantage. You have a tendency to be critical of yourself. You have a strong need for other people to like you and for them to admire you."

The human brain is the most complex thing in the universe, and to think that one could make a statement about it by means of 72 bit of data is a bit silly, in my humble opinion. And it says a lot about the supposed "science" of psychology. I think it's actually more of a parody of science than a science itself.

For comparison, this post contains slightly more than 10430 bit of data, and thus has about the informational value contained in 144 whole human brains.

--------------------What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you think you know,
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection,
Is it all you want it to be?

As far as your analysis of psychological tests are concerned I see a little bit of bias. Usually those in the hard sciences are the first to disparage it as belonging to the 'soft' sciences. Is that where you are coming from?